Newsday just posted its list of the best summer books and among the temptations therein is Margalit Fox's new title, Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer.
Many readers know Margalit Fox through her highly regarded New York Times obituaries--one of her last and favorites is "Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104," but although I admire her obituaries, I myself first became acquainted with her through her husband George Robinson, as George and I were both active in the National Writers Union and co-chaired the Book Campaign for a time.
Margalit Fox is leaving the obituary-writing trade to focus on writing books, and after her fascinating The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (about how Evans, Kober, and Ventris worked to decipher Linear B), I am looking forward to learning about Conan Doyle's own detective case.
Oh, and I see there's also a book on the photographer Weegee on Newsday's list!
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